What kind of women' education that affects economic growth?

Abstract

This communication tries to examine what kind of women' education affects more economic growth. To illustrate this aim, four countries cases have been presented: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt. The motive behind choosing them was because these countries have many common characteristics (religious and cultural norms and values). Using panel model over the period 2000-2012, the results show that women' education, particularly, tertiary education, women' labor force participation and institutional capital affect positively economic growth. On the contrary, the primary and secondary school enrolment are negatively linked to the economic growth. This paper concludes that women' tertiary education is a master-key to improve economic growth and development accompanied by a healthy and good quality of institutional capital and by eliminating all forms of gender discrimination.

Keywords

• economic growth
• panel analysis
• women' education
• institutional capital